77734 Law and Medicine

6cp
Requisite(s): (70311 Torts AND 70617c Administrative Law) OR ((94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04236 Juris Doctor OR 142 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04250 Juris Doctor Master of Business Administration OR 94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04363 Juris Doctor Master of Intellectual Property OR 94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04364 Juris Doctor Graduate Certificate Trade Mark Law and Practice) AND 70106c Principles of Public International Law AND 70107c Principles of Company Law) OR (94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04320 Juris Doctor Graduate Certificate Professional Legal Practice AND 70106 Principles of Public International Law)
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Anti-requisite(s): 76045 Medicine and Law AND 78148 Law and Medicine

Description

This subject deals with the aspects of law relevant to healthcare, with a focus on the patient-practitioner relationship. Topics include: legal foundations of the health care system; health practitioner regulation; negligence; consent to treatment; privacy and confidentiality of health information; law, ethical issues and the beginning and end of life; and medical research involving human participants. The subject considers intersecting legal, ethical and policy issues in the contemporary Australian context, with some international comparisons.

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